United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union Records Bulk, 1896-1934 1827-1978

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United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union Records Bulk, 1896-1934 1827-1978

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The United Hatters Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW) was formed in 1934 by the amalgamation of United Hatters of North America (UHNA) and the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (CHCMW). About two thirds of the collection consists (principally) of the separate records of these two unions prior to their merger, and (secondarily) of records of joint bodies established in the decade prior to the merger. The materials pertaining to the Danbury Hatters Case comprise about one fifth of the collection. The remainder consists of records of earlier unionizing efforts among hatters, and of the UHCMW in the decades following the merger, and a set of of primary source research materials and notes compiled by Charles H. Green for his book . The collection contains minutes, scrapbooks (financial and membership records), clippings, ephemera, histories and biographies, and legal documents. The Headgear Workers NOTE: This collection is stored offsite and advance notice is required for use.

42.0 linear feet; (71 boxes)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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The United Hatters Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW) was formed in 1934 by the amalgamation of United Hatters of North America (UHNA) and the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (CHCMW). The United Hatters of North America (UHNA) was established in New York in 1896 as the resultof the merger of two Kinights of Labor-affiliated unions in the men's hat industry, the the Hat Makers and the Hat Finishers. The Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers ...

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